A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. Glad to see people liking this take on how they met and my continuation of this story.

Penny kept holding his hand all the way back to the hotel. She felt so comfortable with Leonard. She had never experienced that before. Their easy banter, great dinner and just how great Leonard is made her heart race faster. They still had this thing over their head, being married. She wasn't sure how to handle that part yet. Leonard clearly didn't want to end it and to be honest, she was still a little freaked out by that. When they reached the door of her room they stopped and looked at each other, neither daring to make a move.

She was glad when Leonard finally leaned towards her making her do the same. It was gentle, but still full of emotions. She never wanted it to end and a little moan escaped her mouth as her eyes was closed.

Leonard finally withdrew and lifted his hand and stroked her cheek. "Good night Penny."

She smiled. "Good night Leonard." She turned around and went inside. When she had closed the door, she leaned against it, releasing a breath she didn't know she was holding.

Her eyes closed, she savored the moment they kissed and it made her smile. She decided to prep for bed, stripping of her clothes and got herself a quick shower. While cleaning herself, she wondered how it would be if Leonard was in there with her and washed her back. Not the thing to think about now. She quickly turned the knot from hot to cold in order to cool herself down. After stepping out and putting on the robe the hotel provided, she wondered how things happened so quickly. How Leonard had been the perfect gentleman during their dinner. He was not like the guys back home in LA. Whenever working in the cheesecake factory, guys always hit on her and made suggestions that she should get together with them. That was just not gonna happen. After what happened to Kurt, she had decided not to put herself out there again to be hurt. So even though she went out with her friends, she never let any guy get further than dancing and some flirting. It made her feel good, knowing guys liked her, but a part of her wondered if they just wanted to get into her pants, which was not who she is. Even though she had slept with Leonard the first night, that was a first for her. As she didn't remember that much more about what happened that night with Leonard, she couldn't really draw any conclusion about why she did any of it. Getting picked up in a bar by a stranger, getting married to him and then consummate their marriage hours later. She really hoped it would come back to here one day, because even though she wasn't sure about if things would work out with Leonard yet, she still wanted to remember those moments.

She checked her phone and saw that she had a few missed calls and a text from her parents. They were asking if she was coming home for the holidays.

She hadn't even thought about that. Christmas is in a little over a month. A month from now seemed so far away for her. She suddenly had so much to think about. What would happen to her and Leonard? Would they stay married? If so, would he go home with her to Nebraska? What would her parents say about her being married? Her head was spinning and she decided she needed some sleep so she got into the bed and was out in a couple of minutes after thinking about her day, which made her smile.

Next morning...

Penny woke up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. She usually liked sleeping in, but she wanted to spend more time with Leonard while in Vegas. This was the last day before they were going home, so she wanted to make the most of it.

A thought about yesterday got her wide-eyed. Leonard had mentioned he was working in CalTech. That was in LA. Could he be living in the same city as she is as well? That would make things a lot easier. Maybe they could meet and hang out and figure out more how they were going to do things moving forward. At least that's what she told herself.

It was a long time ago since she had felt this way. That feeling of being interested in someone.

She decided to send Leonard a text, wondering if he wanted to do something with her.

Hi Leonard. I had a lovely time last night and was wondering if you wanted to do something today that's if you are not busy? Penny.

Figuring that was easy enough, she sent it and went into the bathroom to get ready for the day.

A while later, she was ready for the day, she had eaten breakfast with Bernadette and Amy which of course had ended in almost a full-blown interrogation of what she and Leonard did last night. She told them just the basics and they were both happy for her. She was also happy that they hadn't pestered her about the marriage-stuff.

She checked her phone, in which she had a reply from Leonard.

I have a conference-meeting this evening. Gonna hold a speech. Kinda the whole reason for going here. If you want, you could join but it will most likely be boring for you. :)

Her heart started beating faster. He had asked if she wanted to come and hear him speak and while she had to agree with him, she wouldn't understand most of it, she still wanted to see him in his element. So she decided she wanted to go and sent him a text back.

Actually I would love to come and watch you. Let me know where and when.

After waiting a few minutes, sipping her coffee, she got her reply and Leonard had written the location of the conference and the time. Quickly checking it on Google maps, she found out the location was not far away, so she could walk there. She felt butterflies in her stomach. That had never happened before. But she had forgotten to ask him something.

What about the dresscode? Casual or formal?

Immediately she got her reply.

Formal if you have something for that.

She smiled. After the shopping trip with Bernadette and Amy, that wasn't a problem and she knew exactly the dress she would wear. It was a long fitted red sleeveless dress with an open back all the way to her hips and which also ends to her ankles but with a plunging neckline that practically does not hide her cleavage. She hoped it would get a reaction out of Leonard. After finishing her coffee, she took a quick shower and started getting dressed before finishing with some light makeup. She went out and got Amy and Bernadette to tell her about what she is going to do later and of course she wanted to shop some more with her friends first. It was several hours later she was back in her room with even more shopping bags. This trip certainly took a toll on her wallet, but figured it was worth it. After taking another shower, she started prepping for meeting Leonard, putting on her dress and some makeup. She checked herself in the mirror, pleased with her look, she then grabbed her purse and keys and started walking. In the elevator, she sent a quick text to Amy and Bernadette, notifying them of her little trip outside and telling them she would be back later.

She had no idea what kinda party scientists had, but she was guessing it was more grown-up thing and not a club-party with girls gone wild. After walking for about ten minutes, she reached her destination. It was several people walking towards the entrance and she got quite a few stares when she stepped inside. While some people looked like nerd-scientist, there were a lot of elderly people there as well. She had no idea who any of them was though, but she was guessing Leonard would introduce her to plenty of people.

She looked around the room, trying to find her man. Her man she thought and wondered how Leonard would introduce her. She was his wife now, but none of the people her knew that. Would he say that she was his wife? His date? All kinda thoughts went through her head as she finally spotted him. He was standing in a small group with three other guys. One tall skinny guy, a smaller but also skinny guy and another who looked asian to her. Taking a deep breath, she walked slowly but steady towards him as one of the guys noticed her and said something making all of them turn around and look. Leonard's jaw practically dropped to the floor and his eyebrows went up as he watched her approaching him. She just smiled in response. Looks like he approves of my dress.

"Hi Leonard." She said feeling a little nervous, but managed to hide it.

"Wow Penny. You look absolutely stunning." Leonard said looking at her.

"Thank you." Smiling but was also impressed by how he looked in his tux so she leaned towards him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "You look handsome sweetie." She then turned around looking at the other guys standing there with their mouths open in awe as well not understanding how this gorgeous woman kissed their friend, on the lips nonetheless.

"Aren't you gonna introduce me to your friends."

Leonard managed to recover from the kiss and shook his head. "Oh. Well, this is Raj, Sheldon and Howard. They are my friends and colleagues from LA. Guys, this is Penny, my wife." He grinned.

The guys just looked at him in shock. Then back at Penny, waiting for some sort of confirmation.

Howard recovered first. "Nice try Leonard. I just have one question. Is it really the best thing bringing a prostitute to this conference? And more importantly. How can you afford someone like her?"

Penny just looked at him shocked and pissed at how this guy thought she was a prostitute. She was about to deck him when Leonard grabbed her hand.

"Howard, how can you say that? Apologize to my wife right now or you will be seeing nothing but my fist on your face in two seconds flat." Penny just looked at this Howard-guy wanting to give him a world of hurt if he didn't.

Howard looked at Leonard, then back to Penny, waiting for one of them to let them know that they were kidding. But neither of them did.

"Wait. You are serious? Are you kidding me? When did you meet this girl?"

"I met her two days ago in a bar and we got married afterwards. Now apologize." Leonard's face told him he was serious.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry Penny. I just can't imagine someone so hot like you could ever agree to marry a nerd like Leonard." He held his hands up.

Wow, this guy is creepy Penny thought.

Then the tall guy, Sheldon, decided to speak. "I gotta say Leonard, I'm disappointed in you. How can you do such a thing without knowing anything about this woman? She could have all kinda of diseases or problems and you go off and marry her at first sight? Leonard, your lack of sexual satisfaction has clearly messed up your head." He crossed his arms and shook his head in an unimpressed manner.

What the hell? Is this guy for real? What is his problem?

"How about you shut the fuck up before I shove my foot so far up your ass you can smell the shoe-polish?" She squinted her eyes at him and Sheldon took a step back.

She also noticed the third guy, Raj was not saying anything, just looking down on his shoes.

"Sheldon, how dare you say something like that. You guys are supposed to be my friends. You should be ashamed of yourself. Come on Penny, let's go get a drink." He grabbed her hand and led her away from them.

He grabbed a couple of wine-glasses and offered one for her. She downed it all in one. "Give me another" She demanded. He quickly grabbed another for her.

"Thanks." She said.

"Penny, I'm so, so sorry. I can't believe they acted like that or said those things. On behalf of them I apologize. Please don't be mad at me." He pleaded with her.

Seeing him like that made her anger go away. "Okay, okay. I will let it go for now Leonard. But they better not say something like that again." She warned him.

"Yeah, they better not." Leonard replied looking at them on the other side of the room.

Leonard then put down their wine-glasses and grabbed her hand, pulling her close to him and gave her a hug. After hugging him for several seconds, she finally relaxed into his embrace. It felt good being held by him. "Thank you Leonard. Luckily you are not like them. Why can't they be more like you?" She smiled again.

"Because if more people were like me, the human race wouldn't survive." He joked which made her laugh.

"Thanks Leonard, I needed that." She leaned in and kissed his lips again. It felt so natural even though they only had known each other for a few days. But her guts told her she could trust Leonard. He was not like her ex Kurt. While he wasn't muscular, he still had a decent build and she found herself being more attracted to him right now as he was very handsome in his suit. She decided to change the subject.

"So what is gonna happen here?" She asked getting the focus back on what was the reason for being here.

"Well, there will be speeches from several people including from me talking about recent discoveries and theories." He explained.

"Oh okay. So what's new in the world of physics?" She asked trying to take a serious interest in his field.

"Nothing."

"Really? Nothing?" She was surprised at this.

"Well, except from string-theory, not much has happened since the 1930's and you can't prove string-theory. The best thing you can say is my idea has an internal logical consistency. " He smiled at her.

"Wow okay. So what is actually gonna happen here then?" She wondered what they gonna talk about.

"Well, there are theories of all kinda stuff, new ways of looking at things. Hopefully you will enjoy my little speech up there." Leonard said.

"Oh, so you gonna talk about lasers?" That was what she remembered specifically from their date.

"Yes, pretty much. I have actually done something, remember I told you that the government gave me a lot of money to see if my lasers can shoot incoming ballistic missiles?"

"Yeah I remember that. But you said they couldn't right?" Penny asked.

"Right. But I have figured another way of using lasers that I will talk about up there." He excitedly said. Penny liked seeing him like that, in his element. Then they heard a man coming to the stage, presenting himself to everybody and introduced the first speaker of the night. Penny only understood snippets of what was being told, but she was more interested in the fact that Leonard still held her hand while they were listening. She had to admit it felt right.

Soon after though, Leonard's name was called to the stage and she gave him a quick kiss wishing him luck as people were applauding him on.

She watched him and she could tell he was a little nervous, but it wasn't obvious to everyone. Maybe she knew him better than she thought? As she listened to him talk so passionately about the things he do, made her feel both jealous and proud. Jealous because she didn't had that thing in her life and proud because he really knew his stuff.

She noticed him looking at her time and again as he spoke, as he was using her as a mental help to get through the speech. After talking for about fifteen minutes, he thanked everyone for listening and walked down to her again. She quickly gave him a big hug.

"Wow Leonard. That was amazing. You are really smart." She told him honestly.

"Thanks Penny. That means a lot to me." He leaned down and gave her a kiss that lasted longer than planned.

It made him reach for his breath once they finished and he quickly grabbed his inhalator. It seemed like they only had eyes for each-other when someone interrupted them. Penny silently cursing whoever did that, they separated and Leonard greeted some new people. Leonard introduced her to everyone. It was like he was proud of her. Even though she was just a waitress in her own eyes, Leonard never looked at it that way. It only made her feelings for him intensify and he never left her side the whole time they were there.

Eventually the conference seemed to coming towards its end as several guests were leaving. Leonard grabbed her hand and they quickly said goodbye to his friends and he said he would see them again tomorrow for when they were going home.

Those words made Penny decide on something. She had already figured out she really liked him and wanted to continue see him, but wanted to also make sure they would click in another important area as well. So when they entered the hallway to her hotel room, she had no intention of letting him leave her by the front door. So when they were standing there, she wrapped her arms around his neck and quickly started kissing his lips and even though it took him a second to respond, he kissed her back with the same eager she had. Her tongue was begging for entrance, which he granted and the rest of the hallway was lost for both of them. After what felt like an eternity, they separated but looked into each other eyes. She bit her lip, preparing to ask him.

"Do you want to come inside?" She asked.

Leonard rose his eyebrows and the wheels in his head was going through different scenarios of what was happening. Just when she thought he was going to reject her, he replied.

"Yeah. I would really like that." He answered flashing her a big smile which she in return gave him one of her own. She grabbed his hand and dragged him inside before slamming the door shut and jumping on him, kissing him like her life was depending on it. Leonard's hands grabbed her ass holding her up as he staggered backwards towards the bed.

Penny was feeling like she was gonna burst of excitement, but managed to gather her thoughts to start tugging on his belt and shirt, trying to will them off. Leonard got the hint and helped her along. After he had taken of his shirt and pants, standing just in his boxers, he started to do the same to her. "You are wearing way to many clothes." He stated and took off the straps on her dress, letting the whole thing fall to the ground, leaving Penny in just her bra and panties. His eyes grew big looking at her perfect body. The last thought they both had before getting even more handsy with each other was that there would not be much sleeping tonight.

A/N: So there you have it. Thanks for reading. Next chapter will be our favorite couple figuring out how to move forward after Vegas.